Chapter 39 Close the door and beat the dog
It was already around the beginning of the afternoon, which was three o'clock in the afternoon.

While dealing with the corpses, the team also had their second meal and rest of the day.

"Godfather, I see you've been stabbed many times, please apply some gold medicine quickly."

After collecting the pack horses and supplies left behind by the Tartars, Wu Sangui rushed over with medicine, wanting to apply medicine and bandage his brave godfather.

"It's just a few dozen dollars, it's nothing! Find me some meat, the aroma of barbecue has whetted my appetite."

Top-quality ingredients often only require simple baking. The aroma created by processing the Tartar corpse is 70% to 80% of the skill of Tokyo barbecue master Li Mei in later generations.

Li Hao was so hooked that he started drooling.

To be honest, the most dangerous moment just now was when he rushed forward after being hit by three arrows. Together with the several cuts from Turush, his total health points dropped by thirty-seven.

Fortunately, the Tartars formed a dense formation when they shot arrows, so Li Hao could recover his health by chopping people as soon as he rushed forward. In addition, the armor was really thick, with a total weight of more than 50 kilograms, and the Tartars' waist knives could not cut through the armor with ordinary chops.

By the end of the fighting between the two sides, this set of custom-made thickened armor had become bumpy and had many cut marks. More than a dozen armor plates had their braided ropes cut off and fell off in the chaotic chopping.

Fortunately, this type of armor is woven in a way that the armor plates are tied to adjacent armor plates, so the fallen armor plates will not affect the overall body armor and can still be worn for a few battles.

Wu Sangui took the order and went to find meat for his godfather.

"Come here, I have something to announce."

Li Hao immediately gathered everyone together.

"Hurry up and have dinner now. We will rush to Tashanbao at sunset and get rid of the Tartars there before going to sleep. There may be more pursuers from me, but it doesn't matter. We will go north all the way to Changningbao, Changdingbao, and Chang'anbao. The big Tartar Amin is currently stationed in Shenyang. When he learns of our presence, he will lead his troops south. We will wait for an opportunity to kill Amin, the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner, in the area between Liaoyang and Shenyang."

When almost everyone had arrived, General Li announced his idea.

Changning Sanbao is located in the area between Sanchahe and Liaoyang. One hundred and twenty miles north of Liaoyang is Shenyang Zhongwei.

In the fifth year of the Tianqi reign of the Later Jin Dynasty, the capital was moved from Liaoyang to Shenyang Zhongwei, and Shenyang Zhongwei was renamed Shengjing.

This group of brave generals and soldiers were mostly reckless men, so some of them agreed, while others, led by Cao Wenzhao, raised objections.

"General, seven or eight Tartars just fled to the north. Tashan must be well-prepared. Why don't we take them by surprise and bypass them? Set up camp about 20 miles north of Tashan Fort before nightfall, and head north to Songshan tomorrow. In this way, not only will the slaves in Juehua Island not know our exact location, but the Tartars stationed in Tashan Fort will also not know our location, making it easier for us to enter the Liaoshen area and carry out raids."

"The general's injuries also require rest. Is it too rash to act like this?"

"Our safety and the recovery of Liaozhen all depend on you, General. You should rest for a few days before heading north."

The escaped Tatars went in two directions, a dozen to the south and seven or eight to the north.

Although the Later Jin would punish bannermen and Ezhen who fought poorly, in most cases they would only have their property confiscated and be whipped a few times. This was unlike the Ming Dynasty where defeat would lead to immediate imprisonment and beheading.

After being defeated, the flag soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty did not become bandits or vagrants, but returned to find their flag masters to report.

Therefore, the Tatars in both the north and south directions will soon know the news that the Ming general Li Hao has killed dozens of Bayala in the wild and is about to arrive at Tashan Fort.

"Don't worry about my injuries. How can I recover from them if the Tartars are not defeated?"

Li Hao pointed to the north, "Cao Wenzhao's intention is to make the enemies in Tashanbao and the old slaves of Juehua Island unable to figure out where we are. It is a good idea to bypass them, but the Tartars have many horses and many scouts in the wild. Our whereabouts will definitely not be hidden from the Tartars in Tashanbao. Since we can't hide it, we might as well kill them directly. The dead are the best at keeping secrets, don't you think?"

Cao Wenzhao nodded and said, "The general's bravery is truly unprecedented in Wenzhao's life. In the 250 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been few loyal ministers and generals like the general. It is a blessing for the Liao people and the country to have the general!"

There was no more objection and everyone started eating in preparation for the battle in the evening.

Of course, they had guessed in their hearts that the battle in Tashan Fort would mostly be led by General Li, and they were only responsible for encircling and suppressing the fleeing Tatars.

In the battle just now, the encirclement and annihilation in the final stage did not cause any effective reduction in the number of this elite Ming army. The only injured servant was also applied with gold medicine. The wound was on the thigh. A Tartar who was in a hurry to escape stabbed him in the leg, but only cut the flesh, without exposing the bone, and the blood loss was not much.

"It's just a superficial wound!"

Perhaps infected by General Li's indomitable spirit, the Zu family servant said that his injury was nothing serious and he could continue to follow him north to kill the Tartars.

"Godfather, the food is here. This pig's trotter has just been roasted."

Wu Sangui attentively handed a roasted pig's trotter to General Li.

Li Hao took it and was about to start eating when he suddenly felt that the pig's trotter was extremely round. He showed it to everyone and praised it:
"Look at this pig's foot, it's so plump and round, it should be called a pig's round paw!"

What he had seen and heard in the past few days made Wu Sangui deeply admire General Li, so he immediately agreed: "Godfather is right, this is a pig's paw."

After he said this, he remembered that this was his great-grandfather's name, so he slapped his mouth with his hand and dared not say anything more.

Some of the brave generals and soldiers did not react in time and followed General Li in praising the pig's trotter, while those who reacted kept silent.

Li Hao laughed, "Sangui, you are such a big boy, why did you slap yourself?" "What godfather just said was the name of our great grandfather."

Wu Sangui did not dare to disobey Li Hao, so he gritted his teeth and told the truth.

General Li pretended to be furious and shouted, "I said this is a pig's paw, then this is a pig's paw. How dare you disobey your godfather? Tell me, what is this?"

Wu Sangui had no choice but to whisper, "Pig's paw."

Li Hao was even more dissatisfied and asked again: "I can't hear you. Your voice is so low and you still want to kill the Tartars like your godfather? Come again!"

"Pig's paw~"

Wu Sangui's voice was filled with tears, and his shouts echoed throughout the world. Unfortunately, there were no valleys here, so there was no echo, and the shouts dispersed as soon as they came out of his mouth.

Perhaps it was because the youngest Wu Sangui behaved in a funny way, or perhaps it was because they were in a lighthearted mood after killing a large number of Tartars, laughter gradually sounded after the shout, until everyone started laughing.

A smile appeared on everyone's face.

……

Behind the hill southeast of Tashanbao.

In the evening, the sky was already dark and the night was about to come, but it had not yet arrived.

Li Hao deeply likes this feeling of "the night is not yet night". It is like the last moment when the game is over but the ending has not yet come. There is still something to do and he can make a final effort to resist the arrival of the ending.

If you don’t fight to the last moment, who can know what the real ending will be?

"General, we have found out that Tashan Fort is still the same as it was five days ago. The three gates are blocked from the inside, the south gate is burned, and there is only a wooden fence blocking the gate. The Eight Banners have no time to destroy Tashan Fort."

Gou Quanzhong reported back that he was wearing the tiger-skin hat seized from Turushi on his head.

In order to avoid being discovered by the enemy due to the reflection of his helmet, this dedicated servant often took off his helmet during reconnaissance. Seeing that he was capable, Li Hao rewarded him with a real leather hat that was both warm and windproof.

"Do the Tartars in the fort know that we are here?"

Li Hao asked casually whether the Tartars knew it or not, the impact was not significant, this elite Ming army had been fully prepared and was just waiting to attack.

"They probably didn't know we had arrived, but the Tartars who escaped in the afternoon brought them the news, so there were more Tartars out on patrol and holding bows on the city walls."

General Li turned his horse around and said, "I have said that when attacking a city, military discipline must be strict. To recover Tashan Fort, we can only use the tactic of closing the door and beating the dog.

Two teams of archers will stay near the city gate and suppress the Tartars on the city wall. Their arrows cannot shoot as far as yours. The remaining two teams will follow me. You will be the ones to deal with the Tartars I miss. After I enter the city, the two teams suppressing the Tartars on the city wall will enter the city gate and make sure not to let a single Tartar escape.

As for the rest, Xiao Zhang, you stay here and don't move, and look after the horses and military supplies."

When the Later Jin army marched south to plunder, in order to seize opportunities to fight and save the rations they carried and the physical strength of the bondservants, they often ignored the Ming military forts along the way and marched directly south, only sending bannermen to occupy important nodes. After they had looted enough food and slaves, they would dismantle the town forts along the way on their way back.

Therefore, Tashan Fort was not much different from it was five days ago. The east, west and north gates were blocked from the inside, and the south gate was burned by the soldiers of the checkpoint camp. After the Later Jin people occupied it, they used a wooden fence as a temporary gate.

In such a situation, Li Hao naturally prepared to close the door and beat the dog.

The battle in the afternoon took place in the wild, as a result of which many Tartars escaped on horseback. If one Tartar escapes tonight, Li Hao will change his name to Li Yuedi.

Even in this situation, the Tartars could escape, and there was no movement that day.

The brave generals and soldiers nodded slightly and answered with actions instead of sounds.

Without a doubt, General Li took the lead and led his troops to charge towards Tashan Fort not far away.

"Enemy attack~"

The Tartars on the city wall acted seriously. Even with the cover of night, they discovered the enemy's tracks through the vibrations of the ground about a hundred steps away from the city, and immediately rang the gong to sound the alarm.

"What a barking dog!"

Li Hao pulled out the big bow from his horse's butt, took out three feather arrows, and aimed at the city wall while riding his horse. When he was thirty to fifty steps away from the city, he could draw the bow and shoot arrows.

He added a lot of points to the bow-related attributes and specializations. Only by practicing more can the level of archery be improved.

Whoosh!
General Li's aim was pretty good and he shot a Tartar who was leaning out of the battlement to look around.

Unfortunately, the Tartars' halberd arrows on the city wall also came soon, so he had to lead his troops to charge all the way with wooden shields. After arriving at the city gate, he and the two teams following him dismounted together, first moved the wooden fence, then mounted their horses again and sprinted towards the main gate.

PS: Each chapter of the new book is 3,000 words. With this attitude, can’t I get recommendation votes and monthly votes?

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